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CLADDAGH SET |
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© 2008
Larry E. Taylor |
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This set is from Claddagh, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. |
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Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot. |
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Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold. |
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The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music. |
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First side couple is on the right of first top couple. |
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All the swings are in waltz hold. |
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Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Tony Ryan in May 2004 |
| at Toronto, Canada. | |
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Edition of October 15, 2006 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com |
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FIGURE 1 -- REELS (192 BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary reel step (lift-2-3-4). | |
| All couples: | lead around anticlockwise holding crossed-hands (rights on top)6; |
| reverse direction (no arch)2; lead around to home6; ladies face | |
| into the set and gents face out of the set2; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: |  first top gent
and second top lady dance a clockwise, no-touch |
| circle around one another, ending with backs to home positions8; | |
| swing in waltz hold in the center8; | |
still holding high hands (gent’s left, lady’s right) as they step back, take |
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| partner’s hand (gent takes her right, lady takes his left) and the four | |
| advance and retire once(drop high hands on retire)4; | |
| advance and retire again, with crossed hands4; | |
| house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady | |
| clockwise to a sweetheart hold4; lead around to home and turn | |
| the lady anticlockwise to place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| All couples: | repeat
from with first side
gent / second side lady, second top |
| gent / first top lady, then second side gent / first side lady | |
| leading -- except all couples swing finally120. |
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FIGURE 2 -- REELS (184 BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary reel step (lift-2-3-4). | |
| All couples: | advance and retire twice, holding crossed-hands in front (rights on top)8; |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | ladies chain—after taking
right hands in the center, each lady turns clockwise |
| under the opposite gent's left arm as she dances around him; the gent | |
| raises his arm and moves forward as the lady passes behind him but | |
| he does not turn; the gent retires as the lady starts to home; ladies do | |
| not chain on the way home; each lady turns anticlockwise under her | |
| own partner's right arm to-place8; | |
| house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady clockwise | |
| to a sweetheart hold (holding right hands at the lady's right shoulder and | |
| left hands in front)4; lead around to home and turn the lady anticlockwise | |
| to-place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from
24. |
| Top couples: | gents pinwheel with the right hand4; pinwheel with the left hand and keep |
| lefts in the center and take open waltz hold (right arm at the lady's waist) | |
| with partner4; | |
| lead around anticlockwise8; | |
| still in open waltz hold, advance and retire once4; | |
| advance again2; form a circle-of-four with the ladies’ hands on the gents’ | |
| shoulders and look into the well (all lower heads and look toward | |
| the floor)2; | |
| little Christmas8; | |
| ladies chain as above8; | |
| house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady clockwise | |
| to a sweetheart hold4; lead around to home and turn the lady | |
| anticlockwise to place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8 | |
| Side couples: | repeat
from except all
four couples swing finally56. |
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FIGURE 3 -- REELS
(152 BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary reel step (lift-2-3-4). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; |
| house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady clockwise | |
| to a sweetheart hold4; lead around to home and turn the lady | |
| anticlockwise to place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| All ladies: | pinwheel clockwise with the right hand3; reverse direction and change hands1; |
| pinwheel anticlockwise with the left hand then give right hand to original | |
| partner and turn anticlockwise under his right arm to-place4. | |
| All gents: | pinwheel with the left hand4; pinwheel with the right hand then give left hand to |
| partner and turn her clockwise under his left arm as both dance to-place4. | |
| All couples: | house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady clockwise |
| a sweetheart hold4; lead around to home and turn the lady anticlockwise | |
| to place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| The Cross Chain is next. | |
| Top ladies: | chain with the right hands
three-quarters around to
the gent originally on each |
| lady’s left; while the ladies chain in the center, the side gents turn clockwise | |
once in-place4; chain with the left hand around the side gent (as above, the |
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| gent raises his left arm and moves forward as the lady passes behind him | |
| but he does not turn); cross to the other side gent, touching right hands | |
| with the other lady (high-five)4. | |
| Side ladies: | during the eight bars above : advance and retire once with the top gent on their |
| respective right4; cross on the inside of the set, ending beside (facing) the | |
| top gent on their respective right while the top gents turn clockwise | |
| once in-place4. | |
| All couples: | swing in waltz hold as new partners8; |
| repeat from
with top ladies, then side ladies, then side ladies again |
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| beginning the chain48; | |
| take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8; | |
| house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady clockwise | |
| to a sweetheart hold4; lead around to home and turn the lady | |
| anticlockwise to place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. |
| FIGURE 4 -- JIGS (192 BARS) |
| Dance an ordinary jig step (down-2-3). | |
| All couples: | take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice (1-2-3-kick; 1-2-123)8; |
| chain to opposite (gents anticlockwise, ladies clockwise)6; take right hand in | |
| right and turn the lady under anticlockwise2; continue the chain to home6; | |
| partners dance-out facing one another, without touching2. | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Top couples: | advance and retire
once, right hand in right4; |
| as both couples advance again, second top couple form an arch and first top | |
| couple crosses under, turning-the-lady-under once before going under the | |
| arch and once more to-place; the arching couple dance to-place at | |
| opposite with the gent turning the lady anticlockwise as he dances | |
| outside her4; | |
| repeat the four lines above but with first top couple forming the first arch8. | |
| house to opposite, with crossed-hands, turning twice, and turn the lady clockwise | |
| to a sweetheart hold4; lead around to home and turn the lady | |
| anticlockwise to place4; | |
| swing in waltz hold8. | |
| Side couples: | repeat from
32. |
| Top couples: | repeat from
with first top forming the first arch32. |
| Side couples: | repeat from
with first side forming the first arch32. |
| All couples: | chain to opposite (gents anticlockwise, ladies clockwise)6; take right hand in right |
| and turn the lady under anticlockwise2; continue the chain to home6; | |
| partners dance-out facing one another, without touching2. | |
| swing in waltz hold8. |
